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Cay·enne
(kī-ĕn′, kā-) The capital of French Guiana, in the northeast part at the mouth of the Cayenne River. Founded by the French (1643), it was the center of a penal colony from the 1850s until the 1940s.
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Cayenne
(keɪˈɛn)n
(Placename) the capital of French Guiana, on an island at the mouth of the Cayenne River: French penal settlement from 1854 to 1938. Pop: 57 229 (2011)
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cay•enne
(kaɪˈɛn, keɪ-)n.
1. a hot, biting condiment composed of the ground pods and seeds of the pepper Capsicum annuum longum.
2. the long, wrinkled fruit of this plant.
Also called cayenne′ pep′per.[1750–60; earlier cayan < Tupi kyinha]
Cay•enne
(kaɪˈɛn, keɪ-)n.
the capital of French Guiana. 38,135.
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| Noun | 1. |  cayenne - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually redchilli, chilly, chile, chili, chili pepper - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency red pepper, cayenne, cayenne pepper - ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum genus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers |
| 2. |  cayenne - ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicumflavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red | |
| 3. | cayenne - a long and often twisted hot red pepper chilli, chilly, chile, chili, chili pepper - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency |
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